He Waited She Wilted (Ottilie and Yorath) novel Chapter 123

High society was a man-eating world. A fragile woman with no way to defend herself was practically signing her own death warrant by entering it.

Just like Mandy, who had talked endlessly about how much she loved the eldest son, only to buckle under the crushing pressure and take her own life.

Her ambitions had been higher than the heavens, but her resilience was thinner than paper.

She genuinely believed that a man's love would be enough to secure her a place in a billionaire family.

When she finally realized she couldn't achieve her goal, her entire world shattered, and she couldn't go on living.

The subordinates were completely unreliable, too—every single dossier they had submitted on Ottilie turned out to be completely false.

At the hospital.

The moment Yorath woke up, he was briefed on the exchange between Ottilie and his mother.

The entire room held its breath.

Even Jevon, who was usually the closest to him, kept his head down, counting his fingers, completely terrified to look at Yorath's face.

In his head, Jevon was cursing Ottilie. *She must have a death wish!*

How dare she call Yorath incompetent and say he couldn't protect her!

Then again, if Yorath had been capable, Marcella's men wouldn't have been able to touch her in the first place.

With just one sentence, she had completely shut Marcella down. And nearly given them all heart attacks in the process.

Everyone expected Yorath to fly into a terrifying rage, but his emotional state remained unsettlingly stable.

He signed several documents and even attended a virtual court hearing, winning the case flawlessly.

But beneath the calm surface, the water was boiling.

That very night, Marcella's closest aides began receiving frantic calls from all directions.

"Madam, Mr. Yorath is suing me! He claims I evaded taxes on a small retail business ten years ago! Back then, no one paid taxes on small storefronts, but now he's digging it up..."

It was the kind of thing authorities usually looked the other way for.

If no one reported it, it was fine. But now that someone had officially blown the whistle, an investigation was unavoidable.

Another call came in: "Madam, Mr. Yorath accused my wife of being an illegal immigrant! I swear on my life, we fell in love naturally! Her father is literally living in our guest room!"

"Madam, your private estate was reported for illegal overnight emissions, and your clothing brand is now under federal investigation."

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